The McGilvray Road Bridges

A Photo Tour Of The Historic
Truss Bridges On McGilvray RoadIn The Van Loon Wildlife Area

McGilvray Road passes through the river bottoms of the Black
River just north of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The road served the logging industry
and immigrant farmers for nearly a century, then sat abandoned for 50 years.
The road and its historic bridges were restored in the mid-1990s by area
residents who worked as a community to save a nearly forgotten part of their
local history. This photo tour is a look at these historic bridges 15 years
after their restoration.